I Need a Non-Horrible Way to Tell My New Neighbor We Don’t Want a Playdate With Her Kids
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I Need a Non-Horrible Way to Tell My New Neighbor We Don’t Want a Playdate With Her Kids

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Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. —Good Fences Dear Fences, In the famous Robert Frost poem you’ve quoted as your sign-off, the speaker is not the one who says, “Good fences make good neighbors.” It’s the guy on the farm next door, the one who insists on fortifying the stone wall between their properties every summer, all the while citing “his father’s saying” about good fences. “Before I built a wall,” Frost’s speaker says, “I’d ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out.” What are you walling in when you prefer to keep to yourself? Dear Care and Feeding, My husband, “Kyle,” and I have an 8-month-old son, “Quinn.” I’m facing an unconventional dilemma and could use some guidance. Dear Care and Feeding, Here’s a nice, low-stakes question for you: How long should “dibs” last?

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